The Cambridge Companion to Jesus

by Edited by Markus Bockmuehl

• ISBN13: 9780521792615
• ISBN10: 0521792614
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-03
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This Companion takes as its starting point the realization that Jesus of Nazareth cannot be studied purely as a subject of ancient history, 'a man like any other man'. History, literature, theology and the dynamic of a living, worldwide religious reality, all appropriately impinge on the study of Jesus. The two parts of the book roughly correspond to the interdependent tasks of historical description and critical and theological reflection. It incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus the Jew with the 'bigger issues' of critical method, the story of Christian faith and study, and Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam. Written by seventeen leading international scholars, the book encourages students of the historical Jesus to discover the vital contribution of theology, and students of doctrine to engage the Christ of faith as Jesus the first-century Jew.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. The Jesus of History: 1. Context, family and formation Craig A. Evans

2. Jesus and his Judaism Peter J. Tomson

3. Jesus and his God Marianne Meye Thompson

4. Message and miracles Graham Stanton

5. Friends and enemies Bruce Chilton

6. Crucifixion Joel B. Green

7. Resurrection Markus Bockmuehl

Part II. The History of Jesus: 8. Sources and methods Christopher Tuckett

9. Quests for the historical Jesus James Carleton Paget

10. The quest for the real Jesus Francis Watson

11. Many gospels, one Jesus? Stephen C. Barton

12. The Christ of the old and new testaments R. W. L. Moberly

13. Jesus in Christian doctrine Alan Torrance

14. A history of faith in Jesus Rowan Williams

15. The global Jesus Teresa Okure

16. Jerusalem after Jesus David B. Burrell

17. The future of Jesus Christ Richard Bauckham.